Major Update "Hornet Sting" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 3)

Hi @Smin1080p_WT, the Gulf War F/A-18C in the trailer was carrying AIM-9L, can you confirm if it will have AIM-9M in game?

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Today was just the teaser. As is always the case, specific details will follow tomorrow in more depth.

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I mean thats only as britain is the biggest nation to not be counted as a major and therefore get minor nation treatment, which sucks ass and is something gaijin really needs to get a grip on as minor nations overall are screwed over constantly.

Either way the whining and gatekeeping from problematic brit mains is often no worse than what german and America mains spout endlessly

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Oh well, it was worth asking I suppose, cheers

Looks more real, than a paper Thai F-18

We can probably just expect

  • F/A-18A (TT) at 12.3 or 12.7 - 9L/7F
  • F/A-18C (early) (prem) at 12.7 - 9L/7M (maybe 13.0 with 9M/7M, but we only saw 9Ls)
  • F/A-18C (late) (TT) at 13.7 - 9M/120A (maybe 14.0 with APG-79, but idk if that’s worth the BR increase)
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Are you able to say if Japan also has a top tier air addition before then eyes

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He is, but he will not.

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Personally I was hoping the next harrier we got would be a 2 seat original without missiles, something nice for 9.3 zone.

Might work out this thing, depends heavily on its BR, missiles and ground weapons, though I can see it just being a premium version of the GR7 too.

Also, hawk 60/100/200 lost again xD

My crystal ball was right! People flying the best jet in game are already telling people who want to fly worse jets to stop complaining because they get 14 bad missiles!

Its a hot take and you dont have to agree with me but ive always thought of britain as the major nation that thinks its a minor.

Something something you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take 😔

Yeah, I agree. But just hope this means we can jump on the Honeymoon period to get MAJOR bugs fixed for the Harriers in general. Still waiting for the sooty exhaust to be removed

I’m sort of hoping to get the F/A-18C (early) at 12.7 with the 9M, it probably won’t happen but I’m slightly hopeful

either way I’d rather see it with the 9M, both for realism, as that is what that specific Hornet famously used to shoot down a MiG-21, but also for gameplay reasons, the 9M is absolutely worth a 0.3 BR increase over the 9L.

That proverb is very much incorrect. Not taking a shot doesn’t give the opportunity to miss.

The Gripen C has 14 missiles?

9Ms would force it to be 13.0 alongside the F-15A, Gripen-A, and Su-27S, that’s for sure.

I do think the C (early) would be good at 13.0 with 9M/7M though that’s for sure. It can take a 6/4 loadout of 9M/7Ms respectively - which is quite potent.

I want you to go to the timeout corner and think about what you’ve said

I’m hoping they consider the lower speed of the hornet a big enough issue to keep it down, but I know it’s probably not going to go like that

tbf, I am still waiting for some early EFs as Premium xD